In Rome: Total War, all you had to do was build units and fling them at the enemy, enemy dead and no one gives a.
In Empire:Total war, such blitzing is very very expensive, also, when you go to war, they might have allies who want to join in as well.
However, you can still advance rather quickly through the game using strategy and some turns, just focus on aspects just as your economy to power yourself up, as it is more benefitical just to invest in what you have then trying to expand.
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